Halloween Office Contest

Linn-Benton faculty in the spirit of Halloween

Across the campus offices could be seen decorated in the spirit of Halloween.

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, Linn-Benton faculty participated in a Halloween office-decorating contest.

There were multiple offices across campus competing for the win, such as Albany Community Education, Admission and Registration, College Advancement Foundation, Human Resources, and Healthcare, LB iLearn, and Business Employer Service.

Each office had a theme: The Body Shop, pirates, circus, retired superheroes, and a haunted office.

Albany Community Education was The Body Shop. Holding down the shop were Melissa Richey as the evil clown, Chris Nystrom wearing a chest full of knives, and Emily Jerderlinich as Dracula.

The Community Education office welcomed guests with the sound of haunting music and a body hanging from the ceiling in the center of the office. On the counter sat three boxes with mysterious concoctions inside. If guests dared to place their hands into the boxes, they possibly found out what lay inside.

Admissions and Registration were ready to set sail with Captain Jack Sparrow.

Located in Willamette Hall was a mini circus. Beyond the front desk there was a tight rope, balloon animals, a fortune teller, a Barbie doll missing a limb, and a shadow wall with dark creatures.

The Calapooia Center was transformed into The Faded Powers Rest Home for Tired and Retired Super Heroes. These folks were too kind to haunt anyone. There was Bat Woman, Hulk, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Catwoman, Super Old Girl, Auntie Biotic, and the Nurse.

Just beyond the brightly lit hall lay the dark and spooky human resources office. At the counter was the previous Diana Ward. She wasn’t herself -- she was a zombie now. Off in the distance were skeletons, DJ Kronstiner and Tess Cox. Even further back, in the dark office lit only by a monitor, sat dressed as Dracula, Deana Culbertson. Out from the shadows stepped Hannibal Lecter, Scott Rolen. Spiderwebs hung from the ceiling. Bloody hand prints painted the wall above a row of graves. There was even a gelatin brain with a scoop to serve up the tasty treat.

This year’s winner of the Halloween office decorating contest, drum roll please: Human Resources. The prize is a headless RoadRunner trophy which will remain with them for a year. The trophy carries the responsibility of being next year’s judges. This year’s runner up is the office of Admissions and Registration.